Man Sentenced to 58 Months in Florida Bomb Plot
October 04, 2002
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man who plotted to bomb electrical power substations and a National Guard armory in south Florida was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison by a federal judge on Friday, officials said.
Shueyb Mossa Jokhan, 24, was sentenced to 58 months by U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office.
Jokhan had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to damage and destroy property by means of fire and explosives. Prosecutors had said he and a co-defendant in the case, Imran Mandhai, were plotting missions as part of what they saw as an Islamic holy war.
Mandhai pleaded guilty to the same conspiracy charge and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 17.
Jokhan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, and Mandhai, a 19-year-old Pakistani immigrant, were arrested in May.
Authorities said Jokhan admitted to conspiring with Mandhai to attack targets in south Florida, notably electrical power substations and a National Guard armory.
The defendants also sought to acquire AK-47 type assault weapons for training and operations, prosecutors said. The plotting took place between May 2000 and May 2001 in Miami-Dade County and neighboring Broward County.
Jokhan pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge in July and could have faced up to 20 years in prison and a $2,500 fine, but because there were no actual or attempted attacks, the defense sought the lightest possible sentence.
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